| European Case Law Identifier: | ECLI:EP:BA:2006:T020806.20061114 | ||||||||
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| Date of decision: | 14 November 2006 | ||||||||
| Case number: | T 0208/06 | ||||||||
| Application number: | 99957350.4 | ||||||||
| IPC class: | E02F 9/28 | ||||||||
| Language of proceedings: | EN | ||||||||
| Distribution: | D | ||||||||
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| Title of application: | Improvements to anchoring and retention elements intended to machines used in public works and similar | ||||||||
| Applicant name: | METALOGENIA, S.A. | ||||||||
| Opponent name: | ESCO Corporation | ||||||||
| Board: | 3.2.03 | ||||||||
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| Keywords: | Missing statements of grounds | ||||||||
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Summary of Facts and Submissions
I. The appeal contests the decision of the Opposition Division of the European Patent Office dated 19 October 2005 concerning maintenance of the European patent No. 1 156 164 in amended form. The decision was dispatched by registered letter with advice of delivery to the Appellant 9 December 2005. The Appellant filed a notice of appeal by a letter received on 8 February 2006 and paid the fee for appeal on the same day. No Statement of Grounds was filed. The notice of appeal contains nothing that could be regarded as a Statement of Grounds pursuant to Article 108 EPC.
II. By a communication dated 24 May 2006 sent by registered post, the Registrar of the Board informed the Appellant that no Statement of Grounds had been filed and that the appeal could be expected to he rejected as inadmissible. The Appellant was invited to file observations within two months.
III. No answer has been given to the Registry's communication.
Reasons for the Decision
As no written statement setting out the grounds of appeal has been filed, the appeal has to be rejected as inadmissible (Article 108 EPC in conjunction with Rule 65(1) EPC).
ORDER
For these reasons it is decided that:
The appeal is rejected as inadmissible.
